P. v. Trimble CA1/2
Proposition 47, passed by the voters in November 2014, reclassified certain nonserious, nonviolent offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. The measure also enacted Penal Code section 1170.18, which permits offenders to petition the superior court to redesignate their felony convictions and reduce their sentences based on the new misdemeanor classification.
Appellant challenges the trial court’s denial of his petition to strike a one-year enhancement for a prior prison term based on a felony conviction that had subsequently been reduced to a misdemeanor pursuant to Proposition 47.
Concluding that the trial court erred, we shall reverse the judgment and remand the matter with directions to grant appellant’s petition to strike the enhancement.
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